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Portion of DRAFT March 28, 2017 EDC Meeting Minutes <br />Approval of the EDC Minutes of February 21, 2017 <br />ON MOTION BY Mr. Zimmermann, SECONDED BY Ms. <br />Mitchell, the members voted unanimously (15-0) to <br />approve the minutes of February 21, 2017 meeting. <br />Jobs Grant Application --by Mr. Bill Schutt, Senior Economic Development Planner and <br />Ms. Helene Caseltine, Director of Economic Development <br />Ms. Caseltine briefly introduced the company applying for the jobs grant. She said <br />they were an existing company in IRC who had been planning to relocate; however she <br />used some of the available business retention tools, including the jobs grant incentive <br />rMmfr <br />program, to convince them to stay in IRC. They reques,. tllo remain anonymous for the <br />time being. % , <br />Mr. Schutt used PowerPoint slides to <br />Grant Program application process; a print <br />commission office. He said the anonymous <br />under the "Financial /Professional Servic< <br />industry. He explained the potential payme <br />equal $49,000. zftbn. <br />Mr. Schutt answered que� <br />recommendation for the Economic <br />County Commissioners3oa prove <br />an� <br />p <br />Com , <br />Y <br />ON M' <br />Auwae <br />Co <br />Proposed%Economic DLWblopm, <br />Ms. Helen"aseltine, Dire2�r of <br />5f tihb memt e�. about the IRC Local Jobs <br />"�/„. <br />copy of the pre,' entation is on file in the <br />licant, Company, ql alified for the program <br />orporate/Regional�badquarters” target <br />�bedule giver the ne,201ree years would <br />the me : tiers, then provided the Staff <br />ntrCoun "it recommend to the Board of <br />9 <br />s1/20,;.ant for .o $49,000 for the applicant <br />Ms. MINS-ell, SECONDED BY Mr. <br />fibers vot <br />_�.ed\(14-1) to recommend the <br />, .,� <br />q appy tion for Company to the <br />mmi s �nerw with Ms. Coy opposed. <br />mic Development <br />FY 2017 <br />by <br />Ms. Caalfine distribLfidi handouts to each attendee while she explained the <br />proposed budget MAI Ec taornic Development Office; a copy of the handout is on file <br />TT i �` <br />in the commission o �.c � SO explained she was requesting a 7.9% increase, primarily <br />due to a projected incr�e' in business attraction travel expenses due to expected <br />��f <br />changes to Enterprise Florida. She said she would also be more involved with industry <br />trade shows working to attract businesses, specifically focusing on the targeted industry <br />of distribution warehouse. <br />Ms. Caseltine invited questions from the members. She explained some of the <br />advantages of our location on the Treasure Coast. Mr. Rohani and Ms. Caseltine <br />described a couple of the areas available for commercial/industrial use. Ms. Chandler <br />provided a brief summary of the target industry consultation which had been completed <br />by Ady Advantage, resulting in branding and marketing direction. Mr. Kite asked if the <br />branding study was complete; Ms. Caseltine said it was. She reviewed the 5 target <br />industries and explained there were downloadable documents on: Attachment 3 <br />EDC/Unapproved 1 March 28, 2017 <br />P128 <br />